Governance Board of Trustees

Winthrop Professor Marcus Atlas – Director PDF Print E-mail

MBBS, FRACS 

Professor Marcus Atlas is a surgeon scientist specialising in ear and hearing disorders by combining applied clinical and scientific research. He holds the Foundation Chair in Otolaryngology at the University of Western Australia and is the Head of the Ear Science Centre (since 2000) and Director of Ear Science Institute Australia (since 2001). Under his directorship ESIA and the ESC have created three major research groups involved in clinical research, computer and information science and molecular and cellular otolaryngology.

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Mr George Jones PDF Print E-mail

B.Bus, FCIS, FAICD

Mr Jones has more than 35 years experience in the mining, banking and finance industries and has been a director of a number of private and publicly listed companies. He was instrumental in overseeing the growth of Portman Mining Limited over the course of a decade, taking it from a start-up iron ore producer in the early 1990’s to a 6 million tonnes per annum producer of direct shipping hematite ore with a market capitalisation of over $600 million in 2005. Mr Jones has a Bachelor of Business degree from Curtin University of Western Australia.

 
Mr John Schaffer PDF Print E-mail

BCom (Hons) FCPA FAICD

Mr Schaffer joined Schaffer Corporation Limited in 1972, was appointed operations manager in 1974, Managing Director in 1987 and has held the position of Chairman and Managing Director since 1988. Mr Schaffer has had extensive experience over the past 25 years in managing both private and publicly listed companies with operations spanning the globe in industries ranging from manufacturing and equity investment to property and development.

 
Professor Alan Robson PDF Print E-mail

Vice-Chancellor, The University of Western Australia

Prior to his appointment as Vice-Chancellor in 2004, Professor Alan Robson was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of The University of Western Australia from 1993. He has also held the positions of Foundation Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Head of the School of Agriculture and Professor of Agriculture (Soil Science) at The University of Western Australia. He is currently the Hackett Professor of Agriculture.

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